an end + a beginning + my word

Hi Ali, I love your style and passion for scrapbooking. It seems like it comes natural. The difficulty I have is getting into my scrapbook 'space' physically and mentally. My basement is unfinished, being dark and dreary, so it's hard to get down there to start. Also, my mind is busy with good intentions but no ideas.
My word for the year is RESPECT - respect for self, others, and the earth.
Roberta
Prince Rupert, BC, Canada

I am SO ready for a fresh start, a semi-blank canvas, in my home. Your picture of your office has me drooling... no kidding.
My word for 2008: FLOURISH
...to grow luxuriantly, or thrive in growth... to be in one's prime.

My word for this year is: moment
I want to live in the moment and I want to capture the moment in my scrapbooking.

My word is BALANCE
I give too much of me to work, so initially I thought this would be about balance between work and home. But there’s really so much more.
It’s about balance…
between pleasing others and pleasing myself
between dreaming of doing things and doing them
between must do’s and want to’s
between people time and alone time
between what is truly important and what just seems that way
between perfect and good enough
less “I’m going to” and more “I did it”
less polluting and more conserving
less problem focus and more solution focus
less TV and more … anything else
less schedule and more spontaneity
less things and more experiences
Balance.
Thanks so much for all your inspiration and for getting me thinking about this. Best wishes for 2008!

Very inspiring - thank you! Since I tend to be super focused and almost OCD about somethings I like the word 'DETACHMENT'. Sometimes you can be so tied into the outcome that you push it away or miss the journey so I usually tell myself 'Buddhist art of detachment'.

A 365 is really fun. I am up to day 123 of a 365 of self portraits. Not easy but stretching me in all kinds of ways. I am putting them all in a slide-in photo album (with a brief description) so I can look back on my year when I am done. No fancy stuff - too much like work :)

OOOOO, saw this on the NJP Newsletter also. My word is Practice.
Practice balance
Practice meditatiing
Practice loving myself more
Practice patience
Practice simplicity
Practice love
Practice creating
Practice sobriety
Practice acceptance
Practice God consciousness
Practice

Thanks for being REAL Ali - I think we'd be friends if we lived near each other :) I'd definitely bring you coffee!
My word for this year is Purge. It's time. I started last year with "Green" and going organic and entering a basic cleansing phase, but this year, I'm going to really continue it with:
Purge the excess "stuff".
Purge the negative self talk.
Purge the yelling.
Purge the excess body weight.
Purge people who aren't healthy.
Purge bad habits.
Purge limiting yourself.
Purge the urge to spread yourself too thin.
Purge the urge to...etc., etc. and so forth :)
Have a great 2008!
Christa in WA state

Hey Ali, I'm doing a photo-a-day-project this year, with no theme or anything, just 366 photos at the end of the year to bind.
Concerning the word of the year, last year I had focus. This year I'm really undecided but I think GIVE is a good one. Give of myself in my art, give time, love and attention to my family, give good gifts to people around me.

My word is ENJOY! Whatever I do, I want to enjoy it, or do it in a way so that I do enjoy it.

Dear Ali,
I have chosen the word SIMPLIFY. All my stuff is getting in the way of really being in the moment. I am starting to really get the Idea that less is more. I want to pass this along to my kids to want what you have not what you dont. Thanks for all your inspiration. You seem very real and thats nice.

SLOW......my word this year is SLOW!!!! Inspired by the books Slow Food and In Praise of Slowness!!!
XO
Annie

Good morning Ali
Had to think about it for a few days and my word for 2008 is TIME.
The use of...
Cherish...
Goes by so fast...
Make the most of it...
etc.
Yes, that works for me right now. This time in my life.

lovelovelove OLW!!! It is a great twist to the typical New Year's Resolutions. Thanks!
My word = GIVE.
I'm looking forward to watching how this word works itself into the little nooks & crannies of my life.

My word for 2008 is CHANGE. I don't handle change well at all. I like my life simple and my routines staying the same. =) Well, in 3 short months (YIKES!) we'll welcome our 2nd child into the world and that's a pretty big change. LOL I'm trying to prepare myself for the change and embrace whatever craziness comes my way!

focus is my word this year.
F O C U S: 1. a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
2. Physics. a point at which rays of light, heat, or other radiation, meet after being refracted or reflected.
3. Optics.
c. the clear and sharply defined condition of an image.
d. the position of a viewed object or the adjustment of an optical device necessary to produce a clear image: in focus; out of focus.
4. Geometry. (of a conic section) a point having the property that the distances from any point on a curve to it and to a fixed line have a constant ratio for all points on the curve.
6. Pathology. the primary center from which a disease develops or in which it localizes.
–verb (used with object)
7. to bring to a focus or into focus: to focus the lens of a camera.
8. to concentrate: to focus one's thoughts.
–verb (used without object)
Just trying to not be so distracted and focus on the things that matter... God and his desire for me, time spent with my husband not being distracted and to focus on my children and their joy, growth, abilities etc.
9. to become focused.

Mine is discipline. Too be more discipline in my time with the Lord, devotions in the am/pm, finances, and to discipline myself in making the time to scrapbook.

My word for the year is SPARKLE. I choose this word because it makes me think of words like bright, shiny, happy, fun, and pizzazz. In addition, when you see something sparkle you usually have to stop and refocus or look harder to see it clearly. When you put those two threads of thought together you get exactly what I need to do this year. I need to regroup and refocus and stop being so stressed all the time so that I can bring the fun, pizzazz, and sparkle back into my life this year.

My word :NO
NO day without creating
NO new debt
NO unnessary driving
NO bad thoughts

My word for the year is MEMORY. I want to really focus on recording the aspects of life that are important to me.

My word for the year is FOCUS.
I really want to focus on changing some things personally and taking time to notice the 'small stuff' and not sweating the little stuff.

My word is actually two- "in time". I am always feeling stressed to do more and get more accomplished and it's hard to enjoy the moment due to that. So, in 2008, I will tell myself that in time, I will get the work done; in time, I will take care of the laundry; in time, I will miss the kids yelling; in time, I will get to where I am going. I even made a visual reminder (frame + 7G stickers + embellishments)to sit out and remind me of my new way of looking at life. Thanks for the inspiration.

My word is RENEW...Its complicated why...mostly becuase last year I was adrift and let many things get out of hand...this year, I'm renewing MUCH in my life!

Hi Ali, Happy New Year... I chose my Word for this year... It's TRUE. I need to be true to myself because I tend to please others and I loose myself in the process. It's time for me to stand up and say what I feel at all times... Thanks for so much inspiration... Here's to an awesome year (as I toast with a glass of wine)

Hi Ali, Happy New Year... I chose my Word for this year... It's TRUE. I need to be true to myself because I tend to please others and I loose myself in the process. It's time for me to stand up and say what I feel at all times... Thanks for so much inspiration... Here's to an awesome year (as I toast with a glass of wine)